We got stuck in our heads that we have to make a stop motion video to show on our wedding day.
Problem is making a video using this technique is so much more than taking a thousand pictures and animate them in a video editor. The story we want to tell, the creative elements we use and the music we choose all have to work together.
I don’t know where I got the idea that this was a smart move, given that the wedding is in less than a month and there are still so many details on my to-do list. But in life you have to set priorities. And making this video IS a priority.
Of course, as always, I’m counting on my friend B to go with us on this journey. In college, we both did a nearly impossible stop motion project for our Computer Graphics and Multimedia course. To sum it up, it consisted in several tutorials where we showed how to make origami animals. Now picture it. Photographing every tiny fold of paper and producing a fluid video of the origami being folded from beginning to end. It was hard hard work. But clearly, we forgot all about it, because we’re doing it all again this weekend.
I promise to show you the result that, in our wildest dreams, will look as dreamy as Joy and Mike’s video!
A girl can dream, right?

Our engagement session is right around the corner and I truly hope for magical pictures that we want to look at till we’re grey and old.

This session by super photographer Sara Yates is so inspiring and one of my favorite ever. Balloons, lots of color and a beautiful couple in love are the perfect ingredients for dreamy pictures. Enjoy!

If I wasn’t this tall, these would definitely go with me all the way to the altar!
But since I don’t want to look like a giant next to my honey on our big day, nor have to ask our guests to climb a stepladder to give me hugs&kisses, I picked some colorful ballerina shoes, much more freakishly-tall-girl-friendly.

My wedding is in one month and I find myself eating, sleeping and breathing everything weddingy. There are exactly 31 days, 754 hours and 4 weekends until our day and the butterflies in my belly are flying like crazy!
I’ve decided today is a great day to start Amor às Riscas (roughly, it means Stripey Love) and begin sharing the things that inspire me daily and also leave me dizzy at the same time. There are so many great ideas that have our names written all over them, that is almost impossible to make decisions on which ones to go with. But I have to. Or I’ll end up with a true wedding mess!
While planning the day, my goal is every friend and family member to leave the party with a smile on their faces and feel like it was so “us”. Then, I will be the happiest girl alive! For that, and above all for just having married my best friend ♥